Phil Foden, Manchester City's best player this season, is being played out of position in the team's biggest games. This raises questions about Kevin De Bruyne's role as the team's conductor.
If you ask Manchester City 's best player this season where he wants to play then he will direct you to the tape of the 4-1 win against Aston Villa and say 'Just there please'. This was Phil Foden at his sumptuous best this year. The string-puller, the architect of opportunities, the master of small spaces and the lethal finisher. But for City's biggest game of the week, he didn't get to play where he wanted. He was shunted to an inside-left role. Not quite left-wing.
But also not at the heart of proceedings. It was an uncomfortable compromise against Arsenal and it didn't get the best out of Foden. This is the balance Pep Guardiola is now having to strike and he might just be coming to an uncomfortable conclusion. For how much longer does Kevin De Bruyne remain the conductor of this team? The apprentice is now the maste
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